The Digital Initiatives department at the ND State Library manages the agency's digital collections and focuses on projects that relate to the cultural history of North Dakota and the region; state agencies and government; and publications on the history of North Dakota communities, businesses, and organizations, as well as histories of the state itself.
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Access
The digital collections of the North Dakota State Library are accessible online on Digital Horizons. Certain content from these collections is also available online in exhibits, maps, timelines, etc. Consult the Projects page to learn more.
Collection Guides
Digital Horizons is an online resource consisting of thousands of images, documents, videos, and oral histories depicting life on the Northern Plains. Digital Horizons provides a fascinating snapshot of the lives, culture, and history of the people who shaped life on the prairies. Digital Horizons is a consortium and includes collections from Concordia College, North Dakota State University, Prairie Public Broadcasting, ND State Library, State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library, and more!
Digital Horizons is consistently named the best genealogy website for North Dakota by Family Tree Magazine.
Digital Collections: Social Media
Copies of items from the ND State Library's digital collections sometimes appear in its blog, newsletters, social media (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.). Items may also be added to other interactive places such as Jigsaw Planet and Find A Grave.
Visit the Follow Us page to learn more or to follow the ND State Library and/or Digital Initiatives on social media.
Donations
If you are interested in contributing items to the ND State Library's digital collections, please visit our Donations page for more information.
Gordon and Emma Anderson Collection
Items relating to the Anderson and Landers families, and the Kenmare and Crosby areas of North Dakota.
North Dakota Atlases and Plat Books
Historical atlases and plat books from North Dakota counties.
North Dakota history books relating to counties, towns, churches, schools, townships, families, organizations, etc.
Images, documents, and objects that have been digitized from the collections of North Dakota residents, organizations (such as businesses, churches, etc.), and cultural heritage institutions (such as libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, etc.).
North Dakota School for the Deaf
Newsletters, reports, photographs, videos, objects, and documents relating to the North Dakota School for the Deaf in Devils Lake, since its inception in the 1890s to the present.
A collection dedicated to the Nonpartisan League (NPL) and Independent Voters Association (IVA) era of North Dakota History, circa 1910s-1930s. The collection includes many images, documents, books, and cartoons relating to this era of political strife in North Dakota.
Cookbooks, recipes, and cooking guides from across the Northern Plains and the state of North Dakota.
Diaries from 1888 to 1947 about the life of a North Dakota homesteader and farmer (Thomas E. McMillan), who immigrated to Barnes County, North Dakota, from Canada in the 1890s.
North Dakota Memories
North Dakota Histories
Political Prairie Fire
North Dakota Atlases and Plat Books
Gordon and Emma Anderson Collection
North Dakota School for the Deaf
Prairie Recipes
T. E. McMillan Diaries
North Dakota Memories
North Dakota Memories
North Dakota Histories
North Dakota Atlases and Plat Books
Gordon and Emma Anderson Collection
North Dakota School for the Deaf
Political Prairie Fire
Prairie Recipes
T. E. McMillan Diaries
North Dakota Memories
North Dakota Memories
North Dakota Histories
North Dakota Atlases and Plat Books
Gordon and Emma Anderson Collection
North Dakota School for the Deaf
Prairie Recipes
T. E. McMillan Diaries
North Dakota Memories
Political Prairie Fire
North Dakota Memories
North Dakota Histories
North Dakota Atlases and Plat Books
Gordon and Emma Anderson Collection
North Dakota School for the Deaf
Prairie Recipes
Political Prairie Fire
T. E. McMillan Diaries
North Dakota Memories
North Dakota Memories
North Dakota Atlases and Plat Books
Gordon and Emma Anderson Collection
North Dakota Histories
North Dakota School for the Deaf
Prairie Recipes
Political Prairie Fire
T. E. McMillan Diaries
North Dakota Memories
Many of these resources and programs are funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.